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Transform Your Sterilization Process with Advanced Digital Monitoring
Go Beyond Pass/Fail: Gain Actionable Insights, Predict Maintenance, and Drive Efficiency
Traditional Bowie-Dick testing is slow, manual, and reactive. Most hospitals still rely on paper logs, subjective interpretations, and delayed responses to sterilizer issues. This leads to:
Missed early signs of equipment failure
Time-consuming, error-prone documentation
Inconsistent compliance across shifts or sites
Costly downtime and reprocessing events
Limited visibility into performance trends
That’s why Solventum developed the 3M™ Attest™ eBowie-Dick Test System—a digital, objective alternative to the traditional BD pack. And with Ascendco Analytics, those test results are instantly captured, analyzed over time, and transformed into actionable insights.
Ascendco’s Sonar Platform: The Power Behind the Analytics
Ascendco’s Sonar platform seamlessly integrates with the Solventum eBD test, providing the advanced analytics that simplify, standardize, and streamline your process.
Move from reactive to proactive.
This time-series view of eBD test outcomes highlights changes in sterilizer performance over time, allowing hospitals to predict maintenance needs and avoid costly downtime through early intervention and ongoing monitoring.
Uncover the “why” behind failure events.
Categorizing failures by cause—wet sets, equipment failure, or failed test—this chart helps hospitals address the specific root issues affecting sterilization outcomes, leading to smarter maintenance and improved patient safety.
Track patterns to reduce risk.
This chart visualizes failures across multiple categories—failed loads, failed biological indicators, and failed chemical indicators—enabling teams to spot recurring issues, implement timely corrective actions, and strengthen infection prevention efforts.
Smarter Data. Safer Patients. Stronger Compliance.
No matter your setup, there’s a simple way to get started. Choose from flexible package options designed for hospitals at any stage of digital adoption. All include a risk-free trial, easy onboarding, and support from the Ascendco + Solventum team.
*Contact us to learn more about enterprise-level solutions.
Solventum provides the digital Bowie-Dick hardware. Ascendco unlocks the analytics layer—automating test logging, surfacing performance trends, and triggering proactive maintenance workflows.
After running the 3M™ Attest™ eBowie-Dick Test, the user scans the test card and inserts it into the eBD reader. The system instantly provides a pass/fail result based on sterilizer performance. From there, Ascendco Analytics automatically captures the result, links it to the sterilizer and timestamp, and stores it digitally—eliminating the need for manual logging or paper records.
No. The eBD module can run as a standalone solution via hello.ascendco.cloud, or reach out to your CSM to integrate with your Ascendco Health platform if you’re already using our software.
The system tracks test results over time, allowing you to catch recurring failures, sudden performance changes, or slow degradation in sterilizer effectiveness.
Absolutely. eBD results are logged automatically with timestamps, user IDs, sterilizer info, and lot numbers—creating a complete, audit-ready digital record every day.
Yes. Ascendco supports multi-site visibility, so you can monitor sterilizer performance trends across your IDN and benchmark between locations.
The system flags the failed result, logs it digitally, and alerts designated users. You’ll also see that sterilizer’s performance trend on the dashboard enabling faster root cause analysis and follow-up.
Yes. The Solventum team handles the hardware installation and 3M™ Attest™ Connect download. The Ascendco Health team handles software and analytics integration and training. Whether you’re going standalone or plugging into the Ascendco Health platform, we’ll get you live—fast.
Yes. The eBowie-Dick test is a validated digital replacement for traditional paper-based BD tests. When combined with Ascendco’s analytics, it not only streamlines your documentation—but also gives you the predictive power to prevent downtime and optimize performance.